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True. There was apparently a delay of five months. From her grave info:
Her body was buried with the unknown dead, but five months later was identified by her father.
Her body was buried with the unknown dead, but five months later was identified by her father.
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Rooie:
The search was apparently successful. Sorry for your family's loss.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109826950/grace-ida-garman
The search was apparently successful. Sorry for your family's loss.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109826950/grace-ida-garman
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Yes, I suppose that it is looking south from Johnstown toward the Stone Bridge. Taken before the fire, obviously. And to think that there may have been 1000 or so people trapped in that, crying for help........
Regarding history, even one's own local history, my axiom is
"Few know, and many fewer even care."
I visit Galveston frequently and probably 99.9% of the residents there couldn't care less about the 1900 hurricane. Sad.
WTM
Regarding history, even one's own local history, my axiom is
"Few know, and many fewer even care."
I visit Galveston frequently and probably 99.9% of the residents there couldn't care less about the 1900 hurricane. Sad.
WTM
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i'm glad you liked it, Mike. Too few appreciate this kind of thing these days, as they are usually too busy Keeping Up With the Kardashians or some such.
Have you seen the long shot of the debris field against the Stone Bridge? It didn't make the editorial cut but is truly impressive and easily worth 1000 words.
WTM
Have you seen the long shot of the debris field against the Stone Bridge? It didn't make the editorial cut but is truly impressive and easily worth 1000 words.
WTM
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What happens if a really incredible post appears before 12 am next Monday, since the list for 2017 is now a done deal?
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There certainly remains a considerable German influence in Galveston, New Braunfels, and of course, Fredericksburg, but mostly it is the German food that one notices today. Relatively few of the Germans survived the 1900 Galveston Hurricane and those in Fredericksburg didn't fare too well in the Indian Wars. More noticeable today is the Czech influence.
Here is info on two of the more prominent Galveston Germans:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155850709/august-r-rollfing
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155850568/Louisa-Christina-Rollfing
More on their story can be found in Isaac's Storm.
Here is info on two of the more prominent Galveston Germans:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155850709/august-r-rollfing
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155850568/Louisa-Christina-Rollfing
More on their story can be found in Isaac's Storm.
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The USA supports the right to bear arms; Russia supports the right to arm bears.
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My chili, aka Pray for Death, contains lots of onions, garlic, and tomatoes, as well as a host of other things not discussed in the article. Competition chili does NOT have beans except as served on the side, but when I make Wick Fowler's for plain satin' I put in beans.
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From the people who think you wanted six Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
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This is by far the creepiest thing I have ever read on this website.
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Galveston has other haunted restrooms, the most famous of which was in a Mediterranean restaurant on the Strand that featured a male ghost that liked to follow women into the Ladies room. Hurricane Ike ended its reign of terror in 2008.
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No bones about it, Miss C, this is a good article, but it begs the question - exactly what is the funnybone?
Due diligence reveals that it is another term for the humorous.
Due diligence reveals that it is another term for the humorous.
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There were actually nine kittens but only seven went with their mother. The other two were the missing lynx.
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In 1993, he married Joan Dangerfield (aka Joan Child), a woman thirty years younger than him, and a Mormon.